On November 22nd and 23rd in Ottawa. Transportation District 140 and Representatives from the Local Lodges across Canada attended the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) hearings regarding the applications to split the bargaining units, and, the Union’s Section 35 Common Employer Application.

In preparation for upcoming negotiations, a training session will be offered to Air Transat Negotiations Committee members at our Placid Harbor Training Centre in Maryland, from November 27 to December 3, 2010

A special joint committee made up of three company representative and three union members from Local Lodge 1751 was established on August 13, 2010 to answer a Transport Canada notice further to reportings on Engine Maintenance Centre (EMC) through SMS.

I, along with IAMAW Transportation Coordinator Carlos DaCosta and our lawyers, Jim Hayes and Amanda Pask, attended the Case Management Hearings on September 20th and 21st at the Toronto offices of the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB).

This bulletin will serve to update you on what has transpired to this point with the issue of Air Canada and Aveos application to split the bargaining certification at the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB).